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Candide (B1)

Voltaire

Read Candide by Voltaire in easy French: a free CEFR B1 graded reader to download as an EPUB. Thrown out of a Westphalian castle for kissing the baron's daughter, young Candide is told by his teacher Pangloss that all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. Then come war, shipwreck, the Lisbon earthquake, the Inquisition, Eldorado and the galleys, until he finds his own answer in a small garden. Voltaire's great satire for intermediate learners of French, with all thirty chapters kept in full and a French glossary after each one. Lecture facile pour apprendre le français (FLE), niveau B1 : Candide de Voltaire en français simplifié, gratuit en EPUB.

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